Halowords Posted November 30, 2011 Posted November 30, 2011 ok, the pics are kind of bad... but here is my baby sorry, mistake in the previous post. here are the pics: I honestly do not understand why they stopped producing this: it's an incredible guitar! 1) Awesome guitar! 2) I read here not long ago they stopped making this a/o the Tele-style (I think both) because they were friends with the guys at Fender. Kind of like how you and that sexy red head with a great sense of humor and nice personality split up and decided to just be friends because she used to date your buddy. That and the fact the Gibson-style guitars tended to be their niche (and maybe their passion). That said, I think a Fender-scale set-neck double-cut made from Mahogany with a carved Maple top is a pretty cool conglomeration a lot of what I like about the Strat and the Les Paul designs.
DetroitBlues Posted November 30, 2011 Posted November 30, 2011 1) Awesome guitar! 2) I read here not long ago they stopped making this a/o the Tele-style (I think both) because they were friends with the guys at Fender. Kind of like how you and that sexy red head with a great sense of humor and nice personality split up and decided to just be friends because she used to date your buddy. That and the fact the Gibson-style guitars tended to be their niche (and maybe their passion). That said, I think a Fender-scale set-neck double-cut made from Mahogany with a carved Maple top is a pretty cool conglomeration a lot of what I like about the Strat and the Les Paul designs. But that's also what we find in PRS guitars too....
JeffB Posted November 30, 2011 Author Posted November 30, 2011 But that's also what we find in PRS guitars too.... No. The PRS CU24-22, CE22-24, Studio etc dont deliver what the Stat does. They do their own thing very well and I do like PRS guitars but the Stat is actually quite a unique guitar in a lot of ways. Thats what I enjoyed most about it. Probably what I had in mind when I ordered my PRS SAS which while a very playable and nice guitar just fell short of my expectations a little. My fault not the guitars. Spikey, the owner of the Stat I had for the weekend, has no intention of selling his. Its a pointless pursuit trying to encourage him to move it on. If Heritage ever decided to bang out a few more Stats I would likely get one.
Halowords Posted November 30, 2011 Posted November 30, 2011 But that's also what we find in PRS guitars too.... Well, the scale is a bit different. People can debate what difference 1/4" to 1/2" one way or the other might make (about guitars, people! ). Sure, the PRS is close, but the Stat seems more Fender-y while the PRS seems more like a Les Paul Jr./Hamer Studio derivative (which, to be honest, Hamer cloned a LP Jr. and PRS lengthened the upper horn and scale by 1/4" and got their flagship). I'm sure the PRS is close, as is the Fender Showmaster, as were the Hamer Californian/Chapparral/Centaura/Diablo shredders (the set-neck variants in particular), and others, a few Charvels were/are very close, and some of the Ibanez S- and RG series seem pretty close too. They all have their differences, but they all seem to be pretty nice, at that point we're really just talking matters of degrees.
DetroitBlues Posted November 30, 2011 Posted November 30, 2011 Lacking the flamed tops, this appears to be the modern day equivilant of the STAT. Owned by Gibson, made in the far east... double whammy of blah.
DetroitBlues Posted November 30, 2011 Posted November 30, 2011 Both seem pretty close.... But I'd rather have a PRS MIRA out of anything they make... Not the most popular, but the most versatile to me.
H Posted November 30, 2011 Posted November 30, 2011 There's a model in the Suhr range which seems to cover this territory - not sure what it's called though. Maybe the old Guthrie Govan model?
DetroitBlues Posted November 30, 2011 Posted November 30, 2011 There's a model in the Suhr range which seems to cover this territory - not sure what it's called though. Maybe the old Guthrie Govan model? Suhr Standard Spalted Maple looks sweet!
JeffB Posted December 1, 2011 Author Posted December 1, 2011 I have this. Well, pretty much. Its swamp ash, and although a really nice guitar the Stat has more of what I want. Its not hard to find a hum sing sing guitar. Tom Anderson, Ibanez, PRS, Suhr and quite a few others make them plus theres stacks of out of production models and makes at any pawn shop. The main difference's between the Heritage STAT and any of the others are, the mahogany body with quite thick maple cap and the mahogany neck that is a set neck done pretty much like an H150. Also the pick ups are mounted to the body not a pick guard Most of the non STAT guitars will have a bolt on neck which is maple and if it is a set neck its done in a way to allow greater access to the upper frets. The STAT, although a double cut away guitar, has quite a big heel where the neck and body join. These couple of differences are what makes the STAT feel and sound quite different to anything else I can find that is a similar design. It seems to me to be an ideal strat LP hybrid and I think the neck joint and body/neck woods and body mass are what makes the STAT kind of unique from anything I have or anything I can get my hands on.
big bob Posted December 3, 2011 Posted December 3, 2011 This is about as close as you are gonna get and at quite a bit higher cost. This is a 1987 Soloist archtop. This was made with Brazilian rosewood fretboard, mahogany body and a flamed maple top. It was finished with nitrocellulose lacquer. here is another
gpuma Posted February 3, 2012 Posted February 3, 2012 I see that it has the Spyder floating tremelo. I haven't seen that on a Stat before. Does the inside of the control cavity have any special notation? Sorry it took me so long to reply. Actually no, it simply says stat deluxe amber
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